Re: wlan0 changes to wlan1 at random

Hi,

since the persistent network interface names feature doesn't work very 
well on your system, you could disable it. You can do this by changing 
the FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES variable to "no" in the 
/etc/sysconfig/network/config file.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
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Doug wrote:
> I have Suse 10.2.  For no apparent reason every so often my card changes
> from wlan0 to wlan1.  When it does this I have no network connectivity. 
> No ifcfg-wlan1 file.
> 
> The problem seems to be in the
> /etc/udev/rules.d/30-net_persistent_names.rules
> 
> Normally it has the following line:
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{address}=="00:0d:88:58:3a:7b",
> IMPORT="/lib/udev/rename_netiface %k wlan0"
> 
> When the card changes to wlan1 I have the following.
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{address}=="00:0d:88:58:3a:7b",
> IMPORT="/lib/udev/rename_netiface %k wlan0"
> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{address}=="00:0d:88:58:3a:7b",
> IMPORT="/lib/udev/rename_netiface %k wlan1"
> 
> The fix is to stop the network and driverloader service.  
> Remove the wlan1 line.  
> run 'udevcontrol reload_rules'
> restart driverloader and then network.  
> 
> Question is what causes this problem and anyone have a way to prevent it
> from happening?   This doesn't happen often but it would be nice to
> prevent it from happening again.
> 
> 
> 
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